California Country Club Homes Ass'n, Inc. v. City of Los Angeles

Opinion

JOHNSON, J.

In this case we are asked to interpret recent amendments to the Subdivision Map Act. (Gov. Code, § 66410 et seq.) In 1985 the Legislature amended section 66452.6, subdivision (a) to grant automatic 36-month extensions to file final maps provided a developer, who is required as a condition of approval of a tentative map to spend large sums of money on off site improvements, files a phased final map before the tentative map would otherwise expire. That amendment also provided mandatory extensions could not extend the life of a tentative map beyond 10 years from its initial…